Smart Borders 2.0 Northern Ireland.

[meridian]

No, I don’t see a problem or cause for any concern there.

A) we would need a trade deal that enables inferior meat imports.
B) it would need to be cost effective to ship the carcasses half way round the world.

Don’t assume A and I find B unlikely.

As for eating a filthy Mc Chlorinated chicken sandwich in Dublin...

I think the odds are 1000 times more likely that you will eat a Quarter Pounder with horse burger;

and a 100,000 times more likely that the meat you eat will be kosher/halal. Which nobody seems to give a fig about.

We already have trade deals that import superior meat imports from halfway around the world, it’s called NZ lamb. I don’t believe that the U.K. government want divergence from EU standards because they want to increase the level of regulation, so the implication is that divergent standards will be lower.

It’s not just about the chicken. “Pink diesel”, for example, has been rife for decades. Chinese steel, which the U.K. wanted to import even though the EU wanted to block. Cladding on the exterior of buildings. Etc.

[WTFH]

Don't worry, it's all under control - Boris is on the case. The Irish border is basically the same as the border between Islington and Camden,

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/02/27...ponses-online/

[northernladyuk]

Don't worry, it's all under control - Boris is on the case. The Irish border is basically the same as the border between Islington and Camden,

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/02/27...ponses-online/

The cretins have achieved their cretinocracy. It is the will of the people.

[sal]

All will be open.

Only non pre approved goods transport would need to go though main arterial border check roads - people, regular goods, pre approved goes straight through.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/worl...them-1.2683072

This is all fine and dandy for people that are willing to obey the rules. But will leave a gaping hole for smuggling cheap imports from the UK flooding the market in RoI(after all we were promised FTAs with the rest of the world that will result in cheaper products, as importers will not have to pay the EU duties).

Not to mention the eventual standards divergence in the future even if the UK decides to copy/paste the current EU standards "as is".

Whoever thinks that the EU will agree to such a backdoor is delusional.

Nordic and US-Canada crossings/borders doesn't pass through the middle of towns and villages like in Ireland.

[northernladyuk]

This is all fine and dandy for people that are willing to obey the rules. But will leave a gaping hole for smuggling cheap imports from the UK flooding the market in RoI(after all we were promised FTAs with the rest of the world that will result in cheaper products, as importers will not have to pay the EU duties).

Not to mention the eventual standards divergence in the future even if the UK decides to copy/paste the current EU standards "as is".

Whoever thinks that the EU will agree to such a backdoor is delusional.

Nordic and US-Canada crossings/borders doesn't pass through the middle of towns and villages like in Ireland.

Not to mention farm gates.